Hughes Network Systems LLC (HUGHES) is a global leader in broadband satellite technology and services for home and office. Its flagship high-speed satellite Internet service is HughesNet®, the world’s largest satellite network, with over 1 million residential and business customers across North America and Brazil.
For large enterprises and governments, the company’s HughesON® managed network services provide complete connectivity solutions, employing an optimized mix of satellite and terrestrial technologies. The company’s JUPITER™ System is the world’s most widely deployed High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform, operating on more than 20 satellites by leading service providers, delivering a wide range of broadband enterprise, mobility and cellular backhaul applications.
To date, Hughes has shipped more than 5.5 million terminals to customers in over 100 countries, representing an approximately 50 percent market share, and its technology is powering broadband services to aircraft around the world.
With annual revenues of over $1 billion, Hughes’ headquarters are in Germantown, Md., although the company has offices in 11 countries and customers in over 100 countries.
Over time, we’ve probably generated within the state of Maryland, a large share of our revenue—$1.5 billion a year, with a total of close to $15 billion. About $5 billion of that can be directly credited to the work done through MIPS. We employ 1,500 people here in the state. Most of them are working on businesses related to this technology. MIPS helped develop not just a new product, but a new industry.
